King Angelfish Holacanthus passer

The King Angelfish, also caller the Passer Angelfish, is native to reefs of the equatorial and tropical American Pacific coast from Lower California to Peru and out to the Galapagos Islands.

The adult male is dark blue (or dark brown in some lights) with the white streak on the flank, white pelvic fins, yellow tail and reaches some 35 cm long, nearly twice the length of the adult female. The juveniles have an orange-tan body with light to mid blue bars on the flank and yellow fins. Shown is a late juvenile or young adult female.